Festival Boats

SUNDANCE II is a “Colonia” sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff Built in Essex, CT in 1975 LOA 17’ 3” LWL 15’ 9” Beam 5’ 3” Draft/board up, 7″ Draft/board down, 36″ Hull: cedar planking on white oak frame Deck: mahogany Spars: red cedar SUNDANCE II was built in 1975 at a yard in Essex, CT for …

I wanted to learn how to build a boat that I could row on local Kansas City lakes and rivers, so I settled on this design from John Gardner’s book,Classic Small Craft. I built it in my basement on weekends and evenings. I stopped riveting before 7:30 so that the kids could sleep. I rowed it across the Missouri River …

I designed this kayak for myself. I never built a boat before, so I said how hard can it be.. well it turned out better than I could have a imagined, six months later was done. I wanted something that was beautiful and could show my woodworking skill, but a practical side was also incorporated into the design. I put …

Alice is an N.G. Herreshoff design that was built in Maine, lived in a lake in Pennsylvania, and is now ready for the bay. A great day sailer with a lead keel, she offers both fun and stability.

Built by students at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Black Locust and Sapele Backbone, Western Red Cedar Planking over Oak Frames. LOA 14’, Beam 4’ 7” . Black Locust and Sapele Backbone, Western Red Cedar Planking over Oak Frames. “A good peapod was comfortable in conditions that would make you wish you were close to shore were you in another …

I first fell in love with the boat Hav Heston, an original snekke imported from Norway, when I moved here in 2006 to go to the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Now, as an instructor, when there was a need for a lapstrake boat, I jumped at the chance to commision one of my own. Antonio Salguero of Coastwise Marine …

Thunder child was built on Dead Man’s Island in Vancouver Bc in the late 1960s, she was built in 2 years, when launched in 1971 the Canadian navy built a ramp to get her in the water. The original owners sold thunder child to follow career opportunities and raise a family, the second owner had her for 49 years, they …

GOTHERE (1965 Grandy “28”) is a Mr. Ed Monk, Sr. designed stock model flying bridge cruiser built by the Grandy Boat Company (US). Her hard chine, carvel planked cedar planking hull is bronze and Monel fastened on sawn oak frames. The vessel’s upper works are constructed from boat lumber and fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) with non-skid weather decks. Stainless steel …

“Katie Ford”, a one-of-a-kind pilothouse cutter designed and built by Heine Dole in Astoria, Oregon in 1946 and named after his grandmother, has long graced the waters of the Pacific Northwest with her stunning lines and excellent sailing characteristics. A venerable fixture on the classic boat circuit, winning Best in Show in her class in the 2002 Victoria Classic Boat …

Boat Name: Scallywag, ex. Perspicacious Sail: USA 114, ex. GBR 97 Year Built: 1979 Designer: Gary Mull Builder: Carl Eichenlaub Owner: Adam Henley History: Perspicacious was commissioned by Gayle Post and built in San Diego in preparation for the 1979 World Championships in Seattle. The boat was finished late and received her certificate mere days before the regatta started in …